The process of colonizing North America transpired quickly between 1492 and 1620 with an increasing number of settlers ...

From 1619 on, not long after the first settlement, the need for colonial labor ... annually on British ships. 1700s: Almost half of the slaves coming to North America arrive in Charleston.

English colonialists liked to say “The sun never sets on the British Empire ... Britain ruled its American colonies for ...

By the 1860s, Britain was growing tired of maintaining its colonies. The costs, especially of defending British North America, were burdens that a growing number of British politicians could do ...

The man with a taste for alcohol and a brilliant political mind would help shape the British colonies of North America into one nation.

Around 1750, the British mainland American colonies had a population of approximately ... The majority of white colonists resided in the North, but the majority of black people lived in the ...

The Netherlands has agreed to return a collection of 119 artifacts to Nigeria, the latest objects to be sent back to their ...

During the early years of the British Empire, 13 colonies in North America were established by the British. These colonies went to war against Britain in 1775 to achieve their freedom, declaring ...